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[Met Performance] CID:331000
Opening Night {114}, General Manager: Joseph Volpe
Samson et Dalila
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, September 28, 1998 Telecast
Samson et Dalila (186)
Camille Saint-Sa?ns | Ferdinand Lemaire
Acts I and II were simulcast by one hour delayed transmission and Act III was live. At the conclusion of the opera Joseph Volpe, Bruce Crawford, James W. Kinnear and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani joined the cast on-stage. Domingo was presented with a New York City Proclamation by the Mayor which dedicated the day in his honor. Volpe spoke about Domingo's unbroken record of thirty years with the Company and the fact that his seventeenth opening night tied Enrico Caruso's record. He presented Mr. Domingo with a Caruso self-portrait caricature and the opening bars of "La dolcissima effigie" from Adriana Lecouvreur (the opera of his debut) framed with an autographed photo of the composer, Francesco Cilea. Domingo thanked his family for their support and spoke at length about his association with the Met. He singled out Messrs. Volpe, Crawford and Levine for their contributions.
Samson et Dalila received eight performances this season.
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Opening Night {114}, General Manager: Joseph Volpe
Samson et Dalila
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, September 28, 1998 Telecast
Samson et Dalila (186)
Camille Saint-Sa?ns | Ferdinand Lemaire
- Samson
- Pl?cido Domingo
- Dalila
- Olga Borodina
- High Priest
- Sergei Leiferkus
- Abim?lech
- Richard Paul Fink
- Old Hebrew
- Ren? Pape
- Philistine
- Bernard Fitch
- Philistine
- Alfred Walker
- Messenger
- Charles Anthony
- Conductor
- James Levine
- Production
- Elijah Moshinsky
- Designer
- Richard Hudson
- Lighting Designer
- Duane Schuler
- Choreographer
- Graeme Murphy
- Stage Director
- Peter McClintock
- TV Director
- Brian Large
Acts I and II were simulcast by one hour delayed transmission and Act III was live. At the conclusion of the opera Joseph Volpe, Bruce Crawford, James W. Kinnear and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani joined the cast on-stage. Domingo was presented with a New York City Proclamation by the Mayor which dedicated the day in his honor. Volpe spoke about Domingo's unbroken record of thirty years with the Company and the fact that his seventeenth opening night tied Enrico Caruso's record. He presented Mr. Domingo with a Caruso self-portrait caricature and the opening bars of "La dolcissima effigie" from Adriana Lecouvreur (the opera of his debut) framed with an autographed photo of the composer, Francesco Cilea. Domingo thanked his family for their support and spoke at length about his association with the Met. He singled out Messrs. Volpe, Crawford and Levine for their contributions.
Samson et Dalila received eight performances this season.
Available for streaming at Met Opera on Demand
Search by season: 1998-99
Search by title: Samson et Dalila,
Met careers
- James Levine [Conductor]
- Pl?cido Domingo [Samson]
- Olga Borodina [Dalila]
- Sergei Leiferkus [High Priest]
- Richard Paul Fink [Abim?lech]
- Ren? Pape [Old Hebrew]
- Bernard Fitch [Philistine]
- Alfred Walker [Philistine]
- Charles Anthony [Messenger]
- Elijah Moshinsky [Production]
- Richard Hudson [Designer]
- Peter McClintock [Stage Director]
- Graeme Murphy [Choreographer]
- Duane Schuler [Lighting Designer]
- Brian Large [TV Director]